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  • Spring Hazelnut Workshop at Dilmun Hill Student Farm

    Ryan Clover

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    The Cornell Small Farms Program Agroforestry team is pleased to announce the first of two comprehensive hazelnut production workshops. Join Brian Caldwell (Hemlock Grove Farm) and Jonathan Bates (Agroforestry Educator, CCE Tompkins County) to learn about hazelnut siting, genetics, and planting. Propagation techniques from seed and clones will also be covered. The workshop will take…

  • Soil Blocking in Five Easy Steps

    Petra Page-Mann

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    Soil blocks can lead to the remarkable health of transplants compared to their cousins grown in cell trays.  The Dutch have been developing modern soil blocking for nearly a century.  Planting seeds into cubes of soil was documented 2,000 years ago in Central America, as well.   I love soil blocks for the remarkable health of transplants compared…

  • To Grow, or Not to Grow Row Barley?

    Christian Malsatzki

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    Evaluating the pros and cons of two-row or six-row barley.      Two–row or six–row for malting barley? That’s a question for some of us, isn’t it? As a grower, which type will help you to maximize profit, produces a higher yield, but also be in demand? As a malthouse, which will provide you with better extraction, be cost effective, and have your brewers asking for more? As a brewer, which makes…

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